Pingtung line

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Pingtung Line
Overview
Native name	屏東線
Status	In operation
Owner	Taiwan Railway Corporation
Termini	Kaohsiung Fangliao
Stations	21
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Taiwan Railway Corporation
Ridership	5.2 million in the first half of 2019.[1]
History
Opened	15 December 1941
Technical
Line length	61.3 km (38.1 mi)
Number of tracks	2 (Kaohsiung to Chaozhou), 1 (Chaozhou to Fangliao)
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	25 kV/60 Hz Catenary
Operating speed	150 km/h (93 mph)
Route map Legend km Station ( Western Trunk line) (  ) 0.0 Kaohsiung 1.4 Minzu 2.4 Sci-tech Museum 4.2 Zhengyi 5.8 Fengshan 9.5 Houzhuang 13.8 Jiuqutang 18.8 Liukuaicuo 21.0 Pingtung 23.6 Guilai 25.9 Linluo 28.3 Xishi 32.0 Zhutian 36.1 Chaozhou Double-track terminalized Single-track 40.9 Kanding Single-track 43.3 Nanzhou Double-track 46.9 Zhen'an Double-track 50.1 Linbian Single-track 54.1 Jiadong Single-track 57.2 Donghai Single-track 61.3 Fangliao Single-track ( South-link line)

The Pingtung Line (Chinese: 屏東線; pinyin: Píngdōng Xiàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pîn-tong Soàⁿ) is part of the West Coast line of Taiwan Railway.

It is 61.3 km (38.1 mi) long, of which 36.1 km (22.4 mi) is double track.^[2]

The section between Nanzhou and Linbian railway stations will be upgraded from a single-track railway to a double-track railway in December 2019 while the section between Chaozhou and Nanzhou, and the section between Linbian and Fangliao is expected to remain in single-track.^[3]

Taiwanese government stated in 2007 that it reserved the possibility to upgrade the entire section to dual-track railway when the number of travelers through Pingtung Line reaches a certain level ^[4]